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LHS grads get
St. Cloud State University degrees
Luverne High School 2014 graduates Blake Richters and Jonathan Ehde graduated in May from St. Cloud State University with bachelor’s degrees in criminal justice.
Richters and Ehde previously graduated from the law enforcement training program at...
Huisman graduates from St. Mary’s
Alexa Huisman, Adrian, graduated from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota in Winona in May 2018 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
She is the daughter of Greg and Dawn Huisman.
St. Mary’s releases dean’s list
Alexa Huisman, Adrian, and Kynzie Smedsrud, Luverne,...
Area students named to U of South Dakota dean’s list
Several area students have been named to the dean’s list for the Spring 2018 semester at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion. To qualify, students must earn at least 12 graded credits with a 3.5 GPA or higher.
The following students were...
Baartman receives degree from Mayo
Hannah Baartman, a 2011 graduate of Luverne High School, graduated Friday, May 25, from the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science Doctoral Program in Physical Therapy at Rochester.
She is the daughter of Bruce and Vicki Baartman, Brandon, South Dakota.
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LATI announces dean’s list
Lake Area Technical Institute in Watertown, South Dakota, has announced the students who were named to the Spring 2018 president’s list. To be eligible, full-time students must earn a GPA of 3.5 or higher. Those who earned a 4.0 are indicated with an asterisk after the...
Jordan Adams, Luverne, completed the U.S. Air Force eight-week basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.
The 2009 LHS graduate completed intensive military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness and basic warfare...
Magnolia student earns medical scholarship
Alexis Knutson was honored with the Berneice Johnson Health Career Scholarship from Sanford Medical Center Volunteer Advisory Board.
Knutson received the $1,000 scholarship during a ceremony April 16 at CJ Callaway’s in Sioux Falls to recognize her...
Deutsch makes dean’s list at optometry school
Dustin Deutsch has been named to the dean’s list for the Winter 2018 quarter at Illinois College of Optometry in Chicago. To be eligible, students must earn at least a 3.5 grade point average.
Dustin is the son of Doug and Colleen Deutsch of Luverne.
Mandel Zwaan of Steen was recently recognized as a top soybean producer in the 2017 Asgrow National Soybean Yield Contest.
Zwaan achieved a yield of 82 bushels per acre with Asgrow AG1636 brand and was among 52 farmers from 19 states named winners in the annual yield competition, which is open to...
Alan and Cindy Cox of Cox Realty and Land Services, LLC, recently hired their daughter-in-law Kayla Cox to their business team.
She has a marketing degree from Southwest Minnesota State University, Marshall, and is a licensed Realtor.
“We are aware of her communication skills, her sales background...